IAFish
by JGOware
IAFish
Tags for IAFish
Description
Fish eating fish game with side scrolling graphics. Keep your fish happy, score points!
This is something I coded up mainly as an experiement. One thing lead to another and eventually a game (?) developed. I tried to come up with something different from the standard fish eat fish game, but I still wanted it to be a quick and simple game. In the end I'm quite happy with how it came out. Granted it's not perfect, but hopefully some of you will enjoy it. If anything, kick back and click on screensaver mode for a bit. ;) Oh and finally...the small little fish, you can eat those too. :) Thanks for checking it out, I appreciate it.
How to Play
Move the fish around with the mouse, eat other fish smaller than you, watch your karma level, don't die. :)
Comments
BossRighteous
Apr. 22, 2010
The graphics are top notch and gameplay is smooth. I think you have what could be a good game. But right now I find the karma system to be frustrating. Minnows are necessary, and virtually unavoidable. Yet they seemed to decrease my karma, which eventually killed me. I could be wrong about that but that's how it seemed. The other karma issue is the frequency of available fish. You should try and implement a system which increases the the number of fish the player prefers. Right now it seems like the game will end no matter what the player does. Any good game needs to be designed to reward success and strategy.
Good coding, great graphics, but the game-play needs some work to be fun.
WilmRoget
Apr. 22, 2010
the karma thing is very problematic. Since there is no control over when your fish eats - you cannot move without 'eating' the minnows after they have a karmic penalty.
Either remove the karmic penalty for eating minnows, or make them much, much better at fleeing when you get that size.
I like the fact that you are trying to go beyond the usual fish eat fish game, and the graphics are great, but the karma thing as it is now makes the game more frustrating than fun.
spankywolf
Apr. 23, 2010
Well executed but I have to echo the karma thing sucks. My experience seems to indicate that it drops unless one is eating something of the right size, even avoiding the minnows it still drops and the right size fish don't come often enough to counteract it.
mikeseale
Apr. 23, 2010
cool game, karma doesnt really fit in to well with the concept tho. becomes quickly impossible
Malach
Apr. 23, 2010
Yeah, I can't seem to effect the karma either